Of course not.I don't use any magic to pick locks,
In Morrowind you just clicked at the box and one of the following happened:I could do Expert and Master when I was only level 15 lockpicking. There's no skill involved. You find a place where it starts to turn, memorize the angle, and keep trying in that vicinity until it turns all the way
In Skyrim, you obtain The Tower as your astrological sign and do the following:
1) use The Tower Perk (on ANY level of lock, from novice to master, regardless of your lockpicking level)
2) wait 1 minute max for 24 hours to pass while "waiting/resting"
3) use the perk again on another object
If you're not cheap and you don't use auto-attempt or magic/perks to unlock locks, and you only look at the manual process, oblivion was much more difficult than skyrim. And much more realistic. With real life lockpicking, you trip tumblers, not find a magic angle that unlocks it
yeah but I've heard there's better stones to pickIn Skyrim, you obtain The Tower as your astrological sign and do the following:
1) use The Tower Perk (on ANY level of lock, from novice to master, regardless of your lockpicking level)
2) wait 1 minute max for 24 hours to pass while "waiting/resting"
3) use the perk again on another object
If you're not cheap and you don't use The Tower/console to unlock locks, and you only look at the manual process, Skyrim was much more difficult than Oblivion. And much more realistic. With real life lockpicking, you rape the lock like gurt does a child depending on the lock, not find magic tumblers to trip. or magic button to spamIf you're not cheap and you don't use auto-attempt or magic/perks to unlock locks, and you only look at the manual process, oblivion was much more difficult than skyrim. And much more realistic. With real life lockpicking, you trip tumblers, not find a magic angle that opens the lock
yeah but I've heard there's better stones to pick
Fun fact: through my dozens of hours of gameplay and at level 48, I have somehow skillfully managed to dodge every single of these stones. I didn't even know they existed, my brother told me about them a few days ago. I was wondering what the stones in the loading screens were, guess this explains it. Apparently the first stone was along the road to the first town you're supposed to go, but I was distracted by a fox and started chasing after it instead of following the road.
If you're not cheap and you don't use The Tower/console to unlock locks, and you only look at the manual process, Skyrim was much more difficult than Oblivion. And much more realistic. With real life lockpicking, you rape the lock like gurt does a child depending on the lock, not find magic tumblers to trip. or magic button to spam
nope, never seen oneThe astrological stone icons look like this:
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also lold at the fox thing

